EDUCATION

2002-2004 Studied Wood Block Printing with Taika Kinoshita in Tokyo, Japan
1998-2000 Studied Printmaking with Arun Bose at Lehman College, New York
1993 MFA, Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore
1991 (summer) Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1990 BFA, Drawing and Painting, Cornell University, Ithaca
1987-1989 College of Art, New Delhi, India.

EXHIBITIONS

2008
Erasing Borders, (Traveling Exhibiton by IAAC: March –September 2008), Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows, NY
The Guild Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Manhattanville College, Purchase, Westchester, NY
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
1000 Drawings for Under 1000, Works on Paper from 10 New York artists , Allen Gallery Chelsea, New York

2007
Print Show, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
Tributaries, (Traveling Exhibition) 516 Arts, Escuela del Sol/Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Erasing Borders, Queens Museum of Art and The Guild Art, New York, New York

2006
CIMA Annual 2006, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
Tributaries, The Spirit Room, 111 N. Broadway, Fargo, ND. (In collaboration with poet Purvi Shah)
15x15: Small Works, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore
Creatures of the Deep and the Shallows, Print Show, Siren’s Song Gallery, New York
Exhibition of Contemporary Indian - American Art, by IAAC at the Indian Consulate, New York

2004
CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan

2003
Imadate Exhibition of Contemporary Paper Art Works, Imadate Art Field, Japan
Visual Dialogue, Solo and Collaborative Exhibit with Mami Takahashi, Ono Gallery Ginza 1, Tokyo, Japan
15x15: Small Works, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore

2000
Beyond the Surface, Paper/Pulp Exhibit, by the Fine Arts Company, Mumbai at Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
Satabdi – Reflections on a Century Past , by CIMA at Jehangir Art Gallery, Calcutta, India

1998
Multimedia Art of the 90’s, CIMA, Calcutta, India
Open Studio: Passport to Contemporary Indian Art, Indo-American Arts Council, Inc., New York
Dieu Donne Gallery, Exhibition and Silent Auction, New York
Williamsburg Bridges Tibet, Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, New York
Houses of the Desert, Solo Exhibition, A Gallery, New York
Indian Artists from the Greater Metropolitan New York, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York
Runga-Loom by KarmaKollage, SAWCC at Gallery 678, New York

1997
New Perceptions, Images and Media, by CIMA at the Academy of Fine Art and Literature, New Delhi, India
Colors of Independence, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India.
Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Smithtown Township Arts Council, New York
Swarajya, Gallery 678, New York
50 Years of Indian Independence, The Permanent Mission of India to the UN, New York
Pink City, White City, Golden City, Solo Exhibition, Gallery at 678, New York
All India Art Biennial of Rajasthan, 1997, Juried Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur, India

1996
The Spirit Within, Two-Person Exhibition, Museum of Natural History, New York
Two Artists, Two-Person Exhibition, Mirage Gallery at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, India

1995
Exhibition and Silent Auction, Dieu Donne Gallery, New York
NY Soho Biennial 95, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
Group Exhibition, Gallery of Living Artists, New York
Exhibition and Auction, Dieu Donne Gallery, New York

1994
Group Exhibition, Soho Artplace Gallery, New York
15x15: Small Works, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore

1993
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Two-Person Exhibition, Fox Gallery, Baltimore
Augenmusic, Galleria Piccola, Baltimore

1991
Solo Exhibition, sponsored by the Council for Creative Arts, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca

1989
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca
Recent Work, Solo Exhibition, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca

HONORS AND AWARDS

1991-1992 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Merit Scholarship
1991 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. Merit Scholarship
1989 Council of Creative Arts, Ithaca, NY, Grant
1987-1990 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Scholarship for all undergraduate expenses
1986 & 1987 College of Art, New Delhi. Merit Scholarship and Best Student Medal

TEACHING

2003-2004 Studio Workshops and Art Classes, Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
2003-2004 Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
1994 and 1993 Head Artist, Prints in Progress Germantown Workshop, Philadelphia
1994 Visiting Artist, Redeemer Lutheran School, Philadelphia
1993 Teaching Assistant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

Nandini Chirimar was born in 1967 and grew up in Jaipur, India. She came to the USA in 1987 for further studies. She did a BFA in Drawing and Painting from Cornell University (1990), a summer residency at the Skowhegan School of Art (1991), and an MFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art (1993).

Nandini lived and worked in New York City before going to Japan in 2000. She then spent four years in Tokyo learning Japanese Woodblock Printing, exhibiting her work and teaching art. She moved back to New York City in Aug. 2004, where she lives now with her husband and two daughters.

Nandini has worked in many media over the years, including painting, handmade paper, printmaking and photography. Currently she is working on mixed media work using painting, drawing, collage, objects and woodblock printing.

Nandini's work is a visual ‘journal’ of her life, drawn from her daily practical, emotional and visual experiences. She works with things she comes in contact with and places she visits. She draws from Indian culture and from her different roles as a woman. She is interested in objects, products, toys, cities, houses, feelings and facts, and uses her own experiences with these to reflect everyday life and culture in her work.

Over the years, Nandini has exhibited in the USA, India and Japan, including solo exhibitions in New York City and Tokyo.